Species

The members of Auckland University Underwater Club are putting together their very own catalogue of marine life in New Zealand. Our aim is to build up a resource people can use to help identity what they see underwater.

This catalogue won’t replace all the terrific books available on New Zealand marine life. Once you know what you’re looking at, you’re going to want to know more about it, where it lives, what it eats etc. But hopefully this will inspire you to learn more about what you encounter underwater.

Photographers retain the image copyright. We may use your photos on our website, but we will not use them for any other purposes without your permission.

DISCLAIMER: While I may be in charge of putting this all together, I am not a marine biologist. I’m self taught, so I expect this may be difficult and I might make mistakes. I don’t guarantee my identifications are correct but I shall try my best!

I look forward to receiving your images and watching our albums grow.

Ali Perkins

PS. Huge thanks to Dr Richard Willan, Honorary Life Member of AUUC (member 1971-1979), for his tremendous assistance in identifying the invertebrate photos.

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Books to Read

A Guide to the New Zealand Seashore
By Dave Gunson

A Photographic Guide to Sea Fishes of New Zealand
By Wade Doak

A Photographic Guide to Seashells of New Zealand
By Margaret S. Morley, Photographs by Iain A. Anderson

Australian Marine Life, The Plants and Animals of Temperate Waters, Revised Edition
By Graham J. Edgar

Beneath New Zealand Seas
By Wade Doak

Coastal Fishes of New Zealand, An Identification Guide, Third Edition
By Malcolm Francis

Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand
By Tony Ayling, Colour plates by Geoffrey J. Cox